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UNITED STATES -PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN S. HEADEN AND JOHN I. SPAIN HOWER, OF PLEASANT HILL, MISSOURI.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,127', dated March2, 1880.

Application filed May 17, 1879.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN S. HEADEN and JOHN I. SPAINHOWER, of PleasantHill, in the county of (lass and State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and we dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and Operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication,and to the letters and figures of refer- .cnce marked thereon.

Our invention is an improvement in that class O'f boilerWashing-machines in which au oscillating lever or analogous device ise1nployed to press or squeeze the clothes, said lever Working ina-clothes-receptacle having a perforated semicircular bottom and placedin a sheet Or galvanized iron boiler that is intended to be set over alire.

Our invention relates to the construction of the upper portion Of theclothes-receptacle proper and the detachable parts which constitute thetop or cover thereof, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specicatiOn,Figurelis a vertical lon gitudinal section Of our apparatus7 and Fig. 2is aplan view. Fig. Sis a reduced end sectional view of the apparatus.

The rectangular boiler or suds-box A is constructed of galvanized iron,and thus adapted to be placed on a stove or over a grate.

The clothes-receptacle or squeezing-box has straight parallel sides anda semicircular perforated bottom, B.

The plates b extend across the upper side of the box B, contiguous tOeach end of the same, and thus rigidly connect its sides. Said plates b,together with ribs or flanges b', attached to the inner sides of the boxdirectly beneath and parallel to the plates, form sockets for re ceptionof the press-boards D', to Which the wooden lids D are hinged. Thepressboards and lids being thus connected are adapted to be detachedtogether from the box, and, when detached, the box is left entirelyOpen, except box B for placing clothes therein or removing A themtherefrom; nor do they prevent convenient use of a hand rubbing-boardtherein when desired. l

The free ends of the lids D rest on the up per edge of the presser oneach side of its handle c2. By oscillating the presser C the clothesplaced in the box will be alternately raised out of the suds andsqueezed between the presser and the plates D', and then allowed to fallback into the water. The clothes are thus rapidly cleansed, and, ingeneral, do not require to be rubbed.

The clothes-receptacle Or pressilngbox7 constructed as above described,tits in the boiler A, being supported on bars c c, so that it is heldimmovable. Yet the said box is adapted fordetachment Or removal from theboiler, so that the water may drain from the clothes and both thepress-box and boiler may be cleansed preparatory to reuse.

What we claim is- The combination, with the box or clothesreceptacle B,having the end sockets formed Of the ribs b and plates I), which latterconnect the sides of the box and have a curved inner edge, of thepressbars D and lids D, hinged together and forming the detachable coveror top of said box, as shown and described.

In testimony that We claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN SAMUEL HEADEN. JOHN rvEnsON srAlNHOWER.

Witnesses:

W. H. PARKER, V. G. GUNNELL.

